[cayugabirds-l] Gadwall Brood MNWR Benning Marsh

2017-06-27 Thread Dave K 
A Gadwall with 11 ducklings  on Benning Marsh this AM,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/35534754466/in/datetaken-public/

[X]Gadwall brood 6-27-17 MNWR Benning 
Marsh

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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2017-06-27 Thread Joseph Brin 
*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - June 27, 2017
*  NYSY  06.27.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 19, 2017 - 
June 27, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY 
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: June 27  AT 11 a.m. 
(EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 19, 2017.
Highlights--
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONSANDHILL CRANEperegrine falconUPLAND SANDPIPERBLACK 
TERNRED-HEADED WOODPECKERSWAINSON’S THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERPRAIRIE 
WARBLERDICKCISSEL (Extralimital)ORCHARD ORIOLERED CROSSBILL



Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
      6/20: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues in the wooded area of Armitage 
Road.     6/24: 4 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen from the Clyde river at Lock 
25. This area is only accessible by boat. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen 
at VanDyne Spoor Road and along the Wildlife Trail. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen 
at Tschache Pool.     6/26: 15 BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool.

Oswego County
     6/24: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was again found on Otto Mills Road north of 
Redfield.     6/25:  A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Lake Road south 
of Oswego. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Carley’s Mills in Hastings.

Onondaga County
     6/19: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Labrador Unique Area.     
6/20: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Green Lakes State Park.     6/22: 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen in flight along the Seneca River in the 
town of Clay.

Madison County
     6/25: A RED CROSSBILL was found on Muller Hill Road in the Town of 
Georgetown.

Oneida County
     6/21: An UPLAND SANDPIPER continues on North Gage Road south of Poland in 
the Town of Deerfield.     6/24: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen from Lafayette 
Street in Utica. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Roberts Road in Chadwicks.

Cayuga county
     6/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the bluff at Fair Haven State 
Park. another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was see at a private residence in Sterling.

Extralimital
     6/26: A DICKCISSEL has been seen on Kingdom Road south of River Road west 
of Seneca Falls in Seneca County

          
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---Joseph BrinRegion 5 Baldwinsville, NY  13027  USA
  
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[cayugabirds-l] Merlin misfortune

2017-06-27 Thread John Confer 
Perhaps you, too, had a major wind storm Sunday night. Two of the nests I have 
been monitoring were in the tip top of tall conifer trees. I had the concern 
that the severe wind could have destroyed a nest, particularly the two nests in 
the tip top.

Shortly after I arrived at the nest between Sycamore Dr. and Maplewood Drive, 
the male called as he brought food in. The female responded and left the nest 
for the food exchange. In a few minutes the female, after decapitating the prey 
and removing a wing or two, which makes identification of the prey difficult,  
took the prey up to the nest and fed four nestlings. Nice.

The nest on North Titus was in the terminal part of a very tall White Pine. The 
terminal branch had broken off earlier and the nest was placed between three 
lateral branches and exposed 100% to the sky. It was immediately evident that 
one of the lateral branches was broken, and the nest was largely dismantled. 
After courtship and displacing a family of Fish Crow that built the nest, and 
after laying ~4 eggs (~5-7 days), and after 30 days of incubation, and after 
about 25 days of protecting and feeding the young, and about 4-6 days before 
fledging the nest was destroyed. It is hard being a Merlin. It is also hard 
being a Merlin nest monitor.

By the way, the Merlin nest with the newly constructed swimming pool on Lake 
Rd. in Dryden is still feeding young. I was able to show the home owners and 
their three kids the nestling Sunday morning. This nest is not near the top of 
the nest tree, a spruce, and I think it is likely it managed to survive the 
storm.

Still ,5 of 7 nests I have been monitoring have young, by last check. Keep your 
fingers crossed.

John


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